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AT LAST! SAMPLES FROM KRUGER-RUMPF
“At last,” because I haven’t been able to taste these properly (at home) since I started these tastings in 2021. I did speed-taste twice...

Terry Theise
Sep 25, 20253 min read


“NEW” RELEASES FROM CANTZHEIM
At last I’m able to help out a seriously worthy grower commercially, apart from my evangelizing on their behalf. The lovely Pinot Noirs...

Terry Theise
Sep 2, 20251 min read


We were six for dinner at home
NOTE : This piece originally appeared in World Of Fine Wines late in 2024. It still seems pertinent, and I’m close to being “between...

Terry Theise
Aug 12, 202511 min read


COMBO-PLATTER OF RIESLINGS
The two producers sent a total of thirteen wines, so I tasted them interchangeably, enjoying the contrasts. I won’t make a habit of this,...

Terry Theise
Jul 23, 20252 min read


PEEVES UP MY SLEEVES (& BERGER TASTING)
Part-3 of a series beginning with “Rants In My Pants” and “Fusses In My Trusses.” A VIP from an elite winery is visiting various U.S....

Terry Theise
Jul 2, 20253 min read


A VOICE IN THE WIND – 2023 FROM GOLDATZEL
It is at best melancholy and at worst criminal that this superb estate lacks an American importer. For my stateside readers, it hurts me...

Terry Theise
Jun 16, 20251 min read


A SOMBER FAREWELL TO A FAVORITE WINERY – KURT DARTING
You may remember from my post from last Fall (and if you don’t then I’ll tell you here) that the Darting estate, having failed to find a...

Terry Theise
Jun 2, 20252 min read


2025 AUSTRIA NOTES
Went to Austria to see my friends. My friends make wine, as it happens, so I speed-tasted wines I’ll taste in greater depth when the...

Terry Theise
May 12, 202534 min read


2025: LATEST ARRIVALS FROM CHAMPAGNE GIMONNET
These were assembled and shipped in November ’24, so they ought to be current in the U.S. market, and I’d suppose even any subsequent...

Terry Theise
May 6, 20252 min read


LATEST SAMPLES FROM BRAUNEWELL
And I hasten to add, from one of the very best of the young lions of Rheinhessen , an ambitious and serious grower who hasn’t lost sight...

Terry Theise
Apr 30, 20254 min read
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